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Concussions are a serious issue among athletes and can be even more serious for young athletes. On this program, Dr. Robert Cantu discussed recognizing and treating concussions in young athletes. Topics: science, medicine, concussions, sports, groks Source: Groks Science Radio Show Podcast

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Bob called to talk healthcare. Trino Cavazos and Stacy Adams stopped by to talk about E.C. Central Athletics. Al Hamnik recapped HS football and previewed games coming on Friday. Finished up the show by talking concussions and the new WJOB Studio with Matt Reardon and Al Hamnik. Topics: JED, Al Hamnik, Matt Reardon, Concussions, Healthcare. E.C. Central

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses some of the many problems plaguing the combat sports, in particular MMA and boxing, and asks if catch wrestling, where you can only win by pin or submission, and which has been having a rebirth of late, can re-emerge as a popular spectator sport as it once was in the early 1900s. Also discussed is the devolution of professional catch wrestling into a fixed non-sport, which was most likely the worst case of corruption in the modern... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, catch wrestling, grappling, MMA, UFC, boxing, corruption, sleeping...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Dr. Michael Hutchison of the University of Toronto Concussion Program. A research associate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Dr. Hutchison is also the lead author of a study, published in March 2014 in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, called "Head Trauma in Mixed Martial Arts". The purpose of this study was "(1) To determine the incidence, risk factors, and... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Michael Hutchison, head trauma, concussions, University Toronto,...

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Dr. Mark McGrath has been working on teeth for over 30 years. He shares with us what do do in dental emergencies, basic tips for keeping your teeth healthy and why he has cookies in his office. Topics: Concussions, Dentist, Jeremy Jackson, Mark McGrath, Mouth Guard, Reschedule, Sports Medicine...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman, who is celebrating his birthday on Sunday, March 22, offers some thoughts and observations on the state of sports in general and the combat sports in particular. Discussed are the growing concern with head trauma and concussions; why retirement is not an option for him; the many problems facing wrestling and grappling events; the need to understand the world as a whole in order to understand the sports world; and much more. The No Holds... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, birthday, combat, sports, wrestling, grappling, concussions, catch,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with robo-jockey Devonric Johnson. The second show of the Robot Combat League, shown in the U.S. on Syfy and in Canada on Space on March 5, saw his robot, Brimstone, which he controls with robo-tech Russell Tait, defeat Thunder Skull by second-round disqualification. This win, in their first fight, means that they now move on to the second round of competition on this show, whose nine episodes have already been filmed. In a sense,... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Devonric Johnson, Robot Combat League, Brothers By Choice,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with the now-retired MMA fighter Nick Denis. In November 2012, the 29-year-old Denis, from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and with a pro MMA record of 11-3, surprised many by announcing his retirement from the sport. "I guess the main issue was my worry over potential brain injury," he said in this interview, which was recorded over Skype on Friday. He explained that the main danger of brain injury in MMA comes from "blows... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Nick Denis, Brad Hoylman, retiring, MMA, brain injuries, combat...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the issues of transgender athletes and concussions in combat sports, and previews the Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo fight and the return to Bellator of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. The commentary begins with a brief examination of the issues in the ESPN Grantland article "Dr. V's Magical Putter" about a transgender woman who invented a controversial but popular golf putter. Recommended reading are two essential... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Saul Canelo Alvarez, Alfredo Angulo, Quinton Rampage Jackson,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the latest tragedy in boxing involving brain-damaged fighter Magomed Abdusalamov; how the sports world is changing in regards to concussions and head trauma, while MMA is racing down the same dangerous path as boxing, including emphasizing head strikes and de-emphasizing grappling; Saturday's Kemetic Masters of the Martial Arts event in Harlem, New York, and the need for catch wrestling in New York City; the growth of non-combat... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Magomed Abdusalamov, boxing, brain damage, concussions, martial...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with trainer and former MMA fighter and wrestler Mike Van Arsdale. Mike Van Arsdale had a distinguished career in wrestling, winning an NCAA Div. I national championship at 167 pounds in 1988 for Iowa State, and winning a gold medal at 97 kg in freestyle wrestling at the 1997 World Cup. In 1998 he began fighting in MMA, competing in Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S. until 2006. Now 48 years old and retired as an active MMA fighter and... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Mike Van Arsdale, wrestling, MMA, training, real professional,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with the neurologist, the former chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and the president and board chairman of VADA, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, Dr. Margaret Goodman. Stepping into yet another role, she is the author of the new novel, "Death in Vegas". This fictional story combines drama, romance, and intrigue in an expose of the many real behind-the-scenes facets... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Margaret Goodman, Death In Vegas, boxing, MMA, drugs, doping, PED,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, with many people around the world having some free time in the last two weeks of the year, host Eddie Goldman gives you your year-end assignment. (No, there will be no test or quiz, but you will be judged in practice.) First, study internationally what is going on in the world of sport. The International Olympic Committee has just announced a set of new proposals to combat doping, corruption, and match-fixing, in its Olympic Agenda 2020, which has been... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Play Game, IOC, Olympics, scandal, corruption, match-fixing,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again speaks with the ex-pugilist, lifelong martial artist, former UFC and Battlecade Extreme Fighting matchmaker, TV commentator, and our senior correspondent, John Perretti. A "martist" is a term coined by John Perretti, meaning someone who has "the duality of the spirit of the martial and the aesthetic, a split if you will in interests within one human being. The artist preceded the pugilist and they have had a... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, John Perretti, Martist, MMA, grappling, CTE, concussions,...

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Former UCLA linebacker, defensive MVP and current brain injury awareness advocate Patrick Larimore (@PLari42) joins Ben Heisler (@bennyheis) on "The AP Party" Podcast. Patrick and Ben discuss the following topics:His decision to retire despite a potential NFL career ahead of himHis thoughts on "A League of Denial" and the NFL's settlement of 765 millionWhether football can exist without the violent nature of the sportHow UCLA handled his personal symptomsThe future of all... Topics: Patrick Larimore, concussions, CTE, brain, NFL, NCAA, college football, football, National Football...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the concussion crisis in contact and combat sports, the coverage given it in the sports and general media, and the bubble in which the combat sports in particular live on this issue. This past Friday night, August 23, ESPN's Friday Night Fights aired as a main event an exciting but brutal fight, where IBF junior lightweight champion Argenis Mendez (21-2-1, 11 KOs) retained his belt with a controversial majority draw with... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, ESPN, Friday Night Fights, Argenis Mendez, Arash Usmanee, Mike...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again speaks with Dr. Margaret Goodman, the president and board chairman of VADA, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. In a little over a year of existence, VADA has had a major impact on the combat sports. Another step forward will be taken this week when the first MMA fighter to complete the VADA pre-fight drug-testing program, Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren, defends his title on January 24 against Karl Amoussou. But a... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, MMA, Margaret Goodman, VADA, Voluntary Anti-Doping Association,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with the ex-pugilist, lifelong martial artist, former UFC and Battlecade Extreme Fighting matchmaker, TV commentator, and our senior correspondent, John Perretti. We spoke with him by phone Monday. With the growing awareness of the health and safety dangers in MMA, a sport in which he played a key role in establishing, he has now revised his original view that MMA is safer than boxing. "Quite frankly, we were... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Battlecade Extreme Fighting, concussions, CTE, grappling, John...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with Jon Strickland of the Billy Wicks Foundation. As the sport of catch wrestling is being revived, the issues of rules and organization are being discussed and debated. One of the key discussions involves whether or not to permit chokes. These holds, lumped into a general category of strangulations, were traditionally not allowed in the past in most catch wrestling matches. What to do today, with the growth of modern MMA,... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Jon Strickland, chokes, chokeholds, concussions, catch wrestling,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with Dr. Ann McKee of the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy. A study was published Monday by Boston University School of Medicine researchers, including Dr. McKee, about the effects of head injuries on 85 deceased brain donors, most of whom had been professional athletes in contact sports. We spoke with Dr. McKee about the findings of this study on Friday by Skype. "This is a study of 85... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Ann McKee, concussions, CTE, contact sports, combat, boxing,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman was once again interviewed by Scott Casber, the host of Takedown Wrestling Radio. This discussion took place on Takedown Wrestling Radio and was recorded Thursday. The main topic of our discussion was the college wrestling "invasion" of catch wrestling and the Catch Wrestling Alliance International Invitational: The Rebirth. This event will be held Saturday, June 7, in Collins Court in the John Wooden Center on the campus of UCLA,... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Scott Casber, Takedown Radio, catch wrestling, alliance,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the many scandals and crises facing NFL football, boxing, MMA, and other sports, including the negativity around the Mayweather-Maidana rematch, the coverups of concussions, head trauma, and domestic violence in so many sports, and asks, in their wake, can catch wrestling become the coolest combat sport? A good article to read as background is a recent piece by Rowland Jack of I Trust Sport called 'Is sports governance at the... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, NFL, football, boxing, MMA, sports, concussions, head trauma,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Dr. Sherry Wulkan, who is the Medical Chair of the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC), the lead MMA and muay Thai physician of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board, and the Medical Director of Long Island Sports Care Group Inc. in Bayport, New York. In 2012, Dr. Wulkan presented the policy proposal to the Association of Boxing Commissions on transgender fighters, which was based on what had already been adopted by the... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Sherry Wulkan, transgender, athletes, concussions, CTE, combat...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with the ex-pugilist, lifelong martial artist, former UFC and Battlecade Extreme Fighting matchmaker, TV commentator, and our senior correspondent, John Perretti. With the 20th anniversary of the formation of the UFC, a lot of rubbish is being put out. We spoke with John Perretti by phone Tuesday to counter that. "20 years ago something occurred," he said. "A little kid in his pajamas got to wrestle a bunch... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, John Perretti, MMA, grappling, CTE, concussions, wrestling,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with the ex-pugilist, lifelong martial artist, former UFC and Battlecade Extreme Fighting matchmaker, TV commentator, and our senior correspondent, JohnPerretti. Despite having come up with the term "mixed martial arts" and being a pioneer and one of the founders of modern MMA, John Perretti is no longer involved in the sport. Nor does he even watch it, either on TV or live, although he does sometimes keep up with... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, John Perretti, MMA, grappling, CTE, concussions, boxing,...

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Lane and Courageous are joined in the studio by actor, poet, and musician Drew Drake. The trio discuss depression and sports, as well as the general well-being of athletes. They go into more detail regarding cases such as Junior Seau, Kenny McKinley, Ray Easterling, and Dave Duerson. They go into more detail regarding concussions as they talk about the case of Preston Plevretes. Courageous has a hard time saying chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Later in the show, Drew Drake becomes... Topics: concussions, CTE, Depression, southern fried poetry slam, junior seau, kenny mckinley, ray...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again spoke with the ex-pugilist, lifelong martial artist, former UFC and Battlecade Extreme Fighting matchmaker, TV commentator, and our senior correspondent, John Perretti. Following up on our previous episode of No Holds Barred with Stephan Kesting of Grapplearts, on MMA, brain damage, concussions, and CTE, we continued to explore these issues. We began with the ethical considerations about participating in and supporting combat... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, John Perretti, MMA, grappling, CTE, concussions, boxing,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, lifelong martial artist, writer, and producer of grappling and jiu-jitsu instructional videos, Stephan Kesting of Grapplearts. He has also trained MMA fighters, so a recent article he wrote concerning that sport has garnered much attention: "Does MMA Make You Stupid?" This lengthy article details the dangers of head trauma and brain damage, including the development of CTE (chronic... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Stephan Kesting, Grapplearts, MMA, brain damage, concussions, CTE,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with women's wrestling pioneer Jenny Wong. From 2000 to 2008, Jenny Wong was a member of the U.S. National Team in women's freestyle wrestling. From 2002 to 2007, she was also a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 2003, she won a world bronze medal at 51 kg/112.25 lbs., at the World Wrestling Championships at New York's Madison Square Garden, whose finals drew over 12,000 spectators.... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Doctor, Jenny Wong, wrestling, MMA, women's, freestyle, combat...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses the technique used by MMA fighter Fallon Fox in her third-round submission victory over Allanna Jones Friday, May 24, at CFA 11, and the dangers of the continuing trend of more knockouts and fewer submissions in MMA. The Fallon Fox-Allanna Jones fight is now on YouTube. Fallon Fox was quoted as saying that she first saw the move with which she won, a knee-to-the-neck choke, used by MMA fighter Shayna Baszler. Shayna Baszler... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Fallon Fox, Dragon Sleeper, knockouts, concussions, CTE, MMA, catch...

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Youth Sports & Concussions - A new state law will require students who have concussions to get medical clearance before getting back in the game. The Director of the Youth Sports Concussion Program at Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Catherine Broomand, joins us. Trucking Industry Regulations - California's trucking industry has mixed feelings about the California Air Resources Board's requirement to install emission-controlling particulate matter filters on their diesel-powered vehicles by 2012.... Topics: Rick Cabral, Sacramento public radio, KXJZ, Insight, CSU Sacramento, Capital Public Radio, Capital...

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Episode 115 - hosts: stacks, Brotha Phil, Rob Rumbles, Sir YunYun Snicklefritz This week we discover that drinking during the show can cause it to turn rowdy. A discussion on '5 Rules for the Bachelor' ends up with us setting up Brotha Phil's CougarLife profile, quite a few concussion stories, and general jackassery. We then go on to pick this Sunday's games and discuss the 'News of the Weird' for the week. Topics: UDoTheDishes, U Do The Dishes, Food For Thought, FFT, DMV, DC metro, DC area, comedy, sports, news,...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman spoke with Dr. Margaret Goodman, a neurologist, the former chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, and the president and board chairman of VADA, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. We spoke with her by phone Sunday, mainly about one of the many health issues facing the combat sports: concussions and the subsequent risks of dementia and diseases like CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). "You... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Margaret Goodman, boxing, grappling, wrestling, MMA, Georges...

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On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman opens with a commentary on the resignation of Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer, how this relates to the suspension of baseball drug cheat Alex Rodriguez, how most sports and those regulated by North American athletic commissions are moving in opposite directions on the issue of doping, and the continuing dangers of concussions and brain injuries in combat sports. On Saturday, January 18, American Top Team... Topics: No Holds Barred, Eddie Goldman, Keith Kizer, Alex Rodriguez, A-Rod, doping, drugs, steroids, PED,...

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David Stearns and Brian Schrembs kick off the Cross Ice Feed Podcast with talking about a variety of things such as surprises/disappointments in this shortened season, suspensions, and realignment. Give it a listen, and we promise it won't be as long next time.Keep an eye for special guests in future episodes, too!Got questions for us to answer on the podcast? Send them to contact@crossicefeed.com. Topics: NHL, Hockey, AHL, Junior hockey, National Hockey League, Blake Geoffrion, Hockey concussions, nhl...

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Youth Sports & Concussions A new state law will require students who have concussions to get medical clearance before getting back in the game. The Director of the Youth Sports Concussion Program at Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Catherine Broomand, joins us. Trucking Industry Regulations California's trucking industry has mixed feelings about the California Air Resources Board's requirement to install emission-controlling particulate matter filters on their diesel-powered vehicles by 2012. Joining... Topics: concussions, high school athletes, capital public radio, Sacramento public radio, Kaiser, Rick...

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Political Junkie - The Political Junkie Ken Rudin joins us from Washington DC, and there has been a lot going on in Washington and around the political world recently from the president's budget to early shuffling of presidential candidates. We'll talk about the potential brawl over President Obama's budget proposal, and how-in-the-world caucuses in Iowa became such a big thing - two years before the presidential election. Homeless Count - Ryan Loofbourrow, Executive Director of Sacramento... Topics: Insight, KXJZ, Capital Public Radio, Sacramento public radio, CSU Sacramento, Political Junkie, Ken...

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Law Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants - Imagine passing the state bar exam but not being able to get your license to practice law in California. That's been the reality for Sergio Garcia of Chico while he waited for Governor Jerry Brown to sign legislation allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain professional licenses in California, which he did this past Saturday. Garcia joins us to explain what the signing of the bill means for his law license, and how the new law could affect the rest... Topics: Insight, KXJZ, Capital Public Radio, Sacramento public radio, Law Licenses for Undocumented...